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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Public contracts

Article L1414-3

…s other than a public social or medico-social establishment or a public housing office, a tendering committee is set up comprising the following members:1° One representative elected from among the me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3-1

Before attaching special conditions to an authorisation or transmitting to the European Central Bank a draft decision to grant an authorisation to acquire a holding or control or to grant an authorisa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of control officers

Article R411-5

Commissioning is automatically terminated when the holder no longer performs the duties for which he or she was commissioned. It is also terminated by reasoned decision of the President of the Centre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-5-1

The claim for compensation, accompanied by supporting documents, is forwarded without delay by the registry of the compensation commission to the guarantee fund for victims of acts of terrorism and ot…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-7

The committee referred to in Article L. 2143-6 is composed of : 1° A member of the judiciary, who shall chair it;2° A member of the administrative courts;3° Four representatives of the Minister of Jus…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF CORSICA

Article L4421-4

…an sites council exercises in Corsica the powers devolved to the regional heritage and architecture commission provided for in article L. 611-2 of the heritage code, to the specialised commission for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of commercial court judges

Article R723-2

To draw up the list of members of the electoral college, the commission shall obtain from the president of the commercial court a copy of the order fixing the list of judges making up the court and th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-23

A decree shall set the conditions under which the AIFs or their management companies mentioned in I of Article L. 214-24-1 acquire control : 1° Of a company whose registered office is established in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 quater A

Cash transfers, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-13-1

In the absence of an international agreement concluded by the European Union with one or more non-member States of the European Union relating to the arrangements for cooperation between the resolutio…

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